What free software do you use as an alternative to expensive software? Other than the tutorials we have listed in the description, let us know if you'd like a tutorial on another program... Thanks for watching :)

@choochooreal4581

3 жыл бұрын

Hey just a question is there an alternative to audacity since there is a rumor i heard about spywares on audacity 3.0 and onwards

@BrettInTech

3 жыл бұрын

choochoo real Audacity is NOT spyware. This was erroneously reported by those who have no idea what they're talking about. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/no-open-source-audacity-audio-editor-is-not-spyware/

@mk_annan22

3 жыл бұрын

I knew 6 of the software on this list for the last five years, used them for my Bachelor's Thesis. Also, an avid Linux user, on Manjaro Linux.

@varsedits

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Man you missed Pixalr A free versoin of Photoshop

@Friendship1nmillion

3 жыл бұрын

@@BrettInTech Knew about handbrake for years { without yet having to use it } 👨‍💼🤳🇦🇺

Using these free programs is also a good way to test the waters of trying to switch to linux. Get used to using the programs on an OS you already know, then if you decide to ditch Windows, it will make the transition so much smoother. Instead of trying to learn new programs on top of trying to learn a whole new OS, which on it's own is a BIG learning curve.

@certs743

3 жыл бұрын

That is what I did years ago. I am a photographer and I started on a Mac. Used Gimp for 2 or three versions till I switched to Linux. So when Apple cut support for PowerPC (that is how long ago it was) the switch was pretty seamless. Would have loved something like Elementary back then though since it is very reminiscent of the "big cat" era of OS X.

@Socomhunter

3 жыл бұрын

i'll never switch to Linux until it starts becoming more user friendly & more for gamers. For now it only has steam & origin & some washed up emulator shit with wine :/

@dappermuis5002

3 жыл бұрын

@@Socomhunter It is improving. It is just going to take time. It has improved leaps and bounds from a few years back. But it is the chicken or the egg paradox. Not enough people to invest in doing more. But people are not using because there isn't enough of what they need.

@Socomhunter

3 жыл бұрын

@@dappermuis5002 it has improved but at the same time it hasn't. There has been some ways implemented to get games going but the user friendly part has absolutely not improved. The best thing they could come up with was distro's with some of the crap pre-installed. It's still a hassle to get certain things to work at all on linux and even that requires a lot of bullshit in the terminal. Normal users don't want to use the terminal. When is linux finally gonna learn that? As long as the majority of the stuff you want requires lines of code in a terminal it won't attract the intrest of a bigger population.

@FunWithPaper2

3 жыл бұрын

@@Socomhunter Well, valve has announced the steam deck which runs on Linux and by the time it releases, it will be able to run ALL OF THE windows games including games with Anti cheat!! This also means that all the Linux distros will finally have 100% gaming support!!

That face you make when you realize you use all the free alternatives mentioned.

@kilvbz988

3 жыл бұрын

Zorin is free ?

@hazwaste

3 жыл бұрын

@@kilvbz988, Zorin (15.3 is the latest I know about) has a free and paid option. The only difference I could see is that there are more desktop layout options in the paid version. (Plus you're helping support the developers.)

@vizdrom

3 жыл бұрын

That face you make when you realise you use most of the paid programs mentioned but its pirated lol

@RondellKB

3 жыл бұрын

I literally was now about to say I use every single one of the software he recommends, even surprised he said Davinci Resolve since that's proprietary.

@elenavila2

2 жыл бұрын

@@RondellKBll

This is very helpful video. Thanks for the research you did on behalf of us. Must watch for students. Lots of utility tools are covered. Good job👍

Thank you. A great deal of time must have been spent reviewing all these application and putting this together.

Thanks for putting this video up, I just cant justify renting software every month or pay a huge premium just to be a hobbyist.

TY :-) you keep it simple and to the point, whilst saving people lots of money to spend on other more important things!

Very nice of you to list free and useful softwares, alternatives to giants. Thank you

THANK YOU for all of this!! It is much appreciated!!

Why would you ever pay for screen recording software when OBS is so good

@voqz6667

3 жыл бұрын

User friendliness. Something like action is awesome considering steam version being dirt cheap

@nigeladams8321

3 жыл бұрын

@@voqz6667 OBS is one of the easiest open source software I've ever used. It's pretty intuitive to get it to work, And if you're not sure what a control does it's probably best just to not change it. The average person can get by without having to know how to change the bitrate, and if they do need to it's pretty easy to do

@judson5203

3 жыл бұрын

@@charlesdoesmore5488 thats probably because of all the bells and whistles that come with it if you want to use it to full potential then yea it could get complicated

@DrunkCatAsleep

3 жыл бұрын

or nvidia experience

@vizdrom

3 жыл бұрын

Whatever anyone says, the best feature of OBS is not its screen recording but it's virtual camera. *Cheating in online exams go brrrr*

This is very much needed. Thank you so much!!

Many thanks, always worth dropping in....

As always, a great, useful video with no verbiage.

GIMP is awesome! I love the same functionality it has as Photoshop. And of course how could I forget about Blender, LibreOffice, FreeCad, Octave GNU and I'm sure I'm forgetting others.

Thanks for that. Certainly one or two new ones to check out

Well done and good list. I have already been using nearly all of them but thank you for pointing out Darktable. Totally new to me. I personally do not mind a reasonably priced piece of software. But I REFUSE... absolutely REFUSE to use a subscription model. That goes for games as well.. I REFUSE to rent my software. To me it is like buying a book but I have to pay again if I set it down for a couple months and decides to pick it up again later. Dumbest idea ever and you are a fool if you pay for such a thing.

@fmax30000

2 жыл бұрын

Subscription is as ugly as unjustified taxes! I’m 100% against software rental and I’m a dev.! Good ol’ days when we used to buy a game or a program, one time!

This is a very well-put-together information video in 9 minutes thanks for uploading.

i use obs studio for screen recording, blender for 3d animating, gimp for secondary texturing, handbrake for compressing, inkscape for vector files, and even audacity for audio editing software. i use an video editing software called vegas pro which it's price is very expensive like it cost 500 to 700 dollars.

@brodie65708

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChichaGad Piracy? But I don't even have a boat. You wouldn't download a car..... a boat however. RRRRRR Matey!

@chx75

3 жыл бұрын

I read newer versions of audacity spy for google.

great info! Thank You MUCH!

I recently started using DaVinci Resolve and can confirm it is a VERY nice program. The video preview is butter smooth at full quality, no pre-rendering necessary, you can scrub through the video (even frame-by-frame if you want) (or backwards) ..WITH sound, and when you cut a section of video it automatically moves the remaining video over to the end of the previous clip, saving you precious time. The effects presets are damn nice too, you can apply a bunch of them and it won't slow the preview down at all, and it comes with some seriously sleek title presets. All-in-all a very recommendable program. I'm honestly surprised it's free

@hard2borrow428

3 жыл бұрын

"you can apply a bunch of them and it won't slow the preview down at all, " I just remembered who you are. Hope you are feeling better.

I appreciate your work! :)

I would really like to see GIMP completely overhaul the text tool. Any effects you add to a text layer, or place text on a path, will take away editing. You have to make absolutely sure it is the typeface/font you want to use, is completely spelled correctly, etc., or you will have to go back and essentially start over on your text. When even online editors can get that at least partially done, you have a HUGE problem to correct.

Hey TechGumbo! For years I have been using what you suggest and never have I had an issue, many thx! ;)

This was a great video. Thanks. keep it up.

I've been using OBS studio since 2 months, It very good 🔥

Thank you very much. Great information.

When it comes to screen shooting Greenshot is ace and it can edits shots and drop them straight into MS Office apps it’s brilliant

i'm using Linux since 1998, my First distribution was Debian, before this, i had BeOS 3.1 on my PC .. but with the early Version of the Gimp, i've started to do my Desktop Wallpaper creation .

Thanks for providing very Informative video.

Thank you this helps a lot

I have subscribed you now and your new video come. That's Great

Thanks for the usefull and free info :)

👍🏼 Always helpful! Your audio sounds more "lively" on this -- new mic or bigger room or....? 🤔

@prettyfly6750

3 жыл бұрын

I agree about Ubuntu but Audacity is great?

0:00 - Hi TG. 👋 9:28 - 1151st thumbs up from me. 👍 Cheers.

Thanks for your effort

Thanks for the info

Would be great if you did one of these for newbies.... I dont even know what exactly each would do, and why they are not doing many of the same things.... just a thought

Thank you for your efforts and good heart

Its great and I like witu every content to my idea thanks so much

🌼 Well appreciated! Gracias!

Linux is always seen as the "cheap version" of operating systems. But it is more than that. Linux is OPEN. Everything about the OS is public, documented and editable and this makes Linux distro's potential infinite. Also unlike Microsoft or Apple their scope is not to make money, but users happy. With Linux you will never have to worry about a new OS, that yours won't be supported anymore and so you have to buy a new PC because it does not support TPM 2.0.

@kewebco

3 жыл бұрын

Preach, brother, preach! Repurpose the hardware and save our planet. Wake up and get up, people! Apple and Microsoft had their day. They did a solid. Now Let's make the necessities accessible to all. What say you? [the only problem are the cockroaches, that are everywhere and into everything today]

@broimthuggin286

2 жыл бұрын

so is it advisable to switch from Windows to Linux?

@DusKnight7th

2 жыл бұрын

@@broimthuggin286, in most cases, yes. However, research the topic profusely before attempting, given there are fields of work heavily dependant on programs and drivers meant for Windows, fields such as audio and civic engineering, and architecture. Also, keep in mind Linux is not "Windows, but...", it has its own paradigm and philosophy.

@kerrydaniels8460

2 жыл бұрын

@@broimthuggin286 I'd try it in a VM first.

@manticore4952

2 жыл бұрын

Windows and MacOs is about the user and their apps, you don't need to tinker with the OS to get your work done, and your apps won't suddenly break and stop working when the OS gets patched. Linux focuses on the OS, Mac and Windows focuses on the user and that's why they are the most popular desktops.

BandiCam and BandiCut are nice FOC software that I use a lot ... ITs very easy to use. PhotoScape is the other software that is very easy to use and is FOC as well

Great video bro..

If you install Ventoy to a flash drive you can add as many ISO files as it can hold. I use this method to try out different operating systems. Eliminates the need for VM ware like Sandbox.

GREAT video.

Thank you Techgumbo this helped me

Superb video 👏🙏💐

And just to to blow everyone's mind, I use Photo Editor 3.0 (from Windows 98) to help make transparent backgrounds.

My alternative to 'Adobe' is 'Foxit' I've been using the free version for a little over 2-yrs. Thank you and I like your Videos.

Cant believe i nearly use all the free alternatives listed in this video lol!

for recording games... i use medal it doesn't affect the system performance like obs... one problem i had with medal was it didn't worked on windows 8.1 for me... so i used outplayed to record...

I use Apple’s Pages, Keynote, iMovie & Garage Band which are free if you use a Mac 🖥 … in fact I prefer them to MS 360. I also use Google’s office tools.

Very good list

thank you from a computer user with a strict budget!!!!!

At 1:30 - Ever try of Photopea site? At 5:40 - Both Nvidia and AMD GPU drivers can record (and even stream).

As a free video editor I miss OpenShot. I use that now and than, and it just does the job. I also have Davinci Resolve, but somehow the learning curve is higher, for people like me whom only need to do editing occasionally. O, and OBS, I really love it for live streaming. But I bet ther is more out there free stuff. But, thanks for the video!!

Realy I like this video so much

nice video.

bro where have u been, it is so cool

Bro, thx!

Thank you for gimp software

Gimp is half decent but it gets the job done. Still taking me time to get used to it

You may try the Shutter encoder.

Great video I use arch btw

Top suggestions But, what I need is an alternative to Autocad. Don't even mind paying a bit.. Cheers

the best audio recording and editing software, although not technically free (it costs 60 bucks, or you can "evaluate" forever) is Reaper

There's also WPS office for office 365 alternative.

Thanks you sir.

the only thing that keep me of getting full on linux is the lack of support for videogames...(I know about ALL the projects for emulation and native running games on it but still very far off what "wintendo" can do)

Shutter Encoder is a video converter I just started using

Kdenlive for video editing is also good.

A good video Idea is Free modern programs for Low-end systems. I have a Dual Core i5 laptop with 6 gb of ram and only intel HD 3000 for graphics.

@EfrenTercias

3 жыл бұрын

that's not a low-end system and all the apps mentioned will be able to run in it and fast

Thanks

Everyone check and make sure you are getting the videos. KZread is being dumb and never got emails saying new videos.

Yuu don't even need to use any software to edit or convert audio or video with GUI in Linux.FFMPEG has many futures and in can be run in command line :).

Very interesting, is there a program to replace publisher

OBS Studio / Open Office / Blender / Photoshop CS4 / Wondershare Filmora 9

do you have any alternative for video scribe or whiteboard animation software

Please a video about Free alternatives to Acrobat DC

With LibreOffice, you can edit and create PDF. That is good. The paid version of Davinci is US$299, and includes free lifetime upgrades. Blender is an awesome program, though its onboard video editor is subpar. I would use it only for testing. Tends to be a little crash-happy, so always save. If you are doing animation with it, render it one-frame-at-a-time as to avoid hassles when it crashes. People either love or hate GIMP, with little in-between. There used to be add-ons available that would improve the drawing characteristics of it, and you used to be able to do animations in it. (nothing complex, more GIF like than anything). Any good CAD software out there?

@tristyfreezeofficial_7

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm I think there is only AutoCAD which is paid. I'll let you know if any free ones are good.

I use majority of the apps u mentioned

cool video on free applications! Thanks for the tips. Any good alternatives to Acrobat (i.e., a good free pdf editor)?

@srikrishna2561

2 жыл бұрын

DeftPDF LibreOffice Inkscape Scribus Photopea etc,.

@thedaburashitman3971

5 ай бұрын

PDF-XChange Editor: Is very good

Kdenlive is also a pretty good video editor!

How about "Format factory" ? I have been using it for all types for media file format conversion .... also "photopea" exact duplicate of PhotoShop ....runs on a browser... no need to install any software.

VMware Virtualization Alternative. How about Hyper-V and Ubuntu, Kali, Microsoft Windows.

Do you know of any software that is a Quicken alternative? Perhaps one that opens Quicken files?

FreeOffice also good alternative to microsoft office...gui look alot like mic office

Open Office is another good alternative. I used to open Excel files with it.

@EfrenTercias

3 жыл бұрын

LibreOffice now has better compatibility with MSOffice files. Anotther free alternative is WPS

@tristyfreezeofficial_7

2 жыл бұрын

Libre office was known as open office previously...

any best open source backup with centralized management for windows workstations.

as a free photoshop alternative I recommend Photopea is much better than the ones you propose.

Nice

Would you make any In depth analysis on the Linux distributions now in 2021, like how user friendly are for new users, advantages and disadvantages, etc etc?

@warhawk_yt

3 жыл бұрын

There are some really nice user friendly Linux distros out there. Linux isn’t as hard to learn as people believe. I recommend trying out something like Ubuntu in a VM and see if you like it before you install it on your own computer.

@SteveMacSticky

3 жыл бұрын

As a linux user I can definitely say they are extremely user friendly. So many to choose from. The ones that are not for Newbies but definitely for extremely advanced users are Gentoo, Kali, Arch. So stick to the other ones

@EfrenTercias

3 жыл бұрын

Try ZORIN, FEREN, or GARUDA, I've all of them and I like them all. Right now using Feren OS on my laptop

@kerrydaniels8460

2 жыл бұрын

Don't overthink it. The biggest mistake beginners make is overthinking it. Like in the vid I 'd recommend Ubuntu, Zorin OS, Mint, or Elementary OS. Doesn't matter which. You're probably going to tweak them all a bit so it's not going to matter. It's best to just run them in a VM and try for yourself for a month or so. It's personal preference and you can do a lot of the same shit in each and every one. They're the same kernel with just slightly different starting points if you will. I'd try it. Best way to learn about software is honestly to just jump in and try it (in a VM if you're nervous).

What is the best autocad alternative?

Hyper V(windows) and KVM (Linux) are much much better than VirtualBox. They are both type 1 VM with passthrough capacity which gives them near native speed.

@fmax30000

2 жыл бұрын

Right. And you have UTM which is free, built on Qemu and a great option for Mac especially with Apple silicon. But I switched to Proxmox as a Type 1 Hypervisor built on KVM and LXC, and the best alternative to VMware ESXi but very light and with passthrough, etc.

@kerrydaniels8460

2 жыл бұрын

Vmware workstation is also free as they screwed up that fact in thr video. It has a free version that average users would be fine with. It's type 2, but I find many novices starting out may like it's UI the most and it makes it pretty easy with modes like Unity and great documentation.

How does GIMP compare with Photopea? Has anyone used both?

Yea, other than creating a virtual box how would i switch out OS s. I currently have windows 11 on one and 10 on the other

KRITA IS AWESOME!!

you didn't mention WPS as an alternative of office , its one of the best and WPS sheets has more functions than only office

@theawesomerb2807

3 жыл бұрын

@Mo Refaat i'm using WPS and it's fully free

Although not "free', Affinity's software cost is ~ as *3 months* of Adobe's software...

Best alternate for Adobe AI it`s Figma